What did I brew?

[aboman]

I decided to brew the BYO Bass clone recipe last Sunday.

However, I misread the recipe and added 0.75 lb of roasted barley instead of 0.75 oz. I can't even blame brew-day drinking this time, didn't open one until half way through boil. I realized that it looked a lot darker than Bass (this thing is black), but at that point it was too late. It is now fermenting away with S-04 since Sunday evening.

So since I clearly didn't make a Bass clone, what did I make?

 

[joyceman]

A stout...

 

[BierMuncher]

Ha ha. Been there, done that.

Yeah, you have a nice blend between a stout and a porter.

That much roasted barley will give a near coffee flavor. You could take it all the way to a coffee flavored porter by adding 2-3 ounces of ground vanilla coffee beans to the primary after the fermentation has finished and let it sit for 4-5 days.

Love me a nice vanilla coffee ale.

 

[TallDan]

I'm thinking it'll be more like a brown ale than a stout or porter. I put it in BrewTarget and it's telling me 24.7SRM, which would be light for a stout, in style for a porter or brown.

 

[aboman]

Heh, glad to know I'm not the only one that can't tell the difference between lb and oz

I plugged the numbers into brewers friend, got SRM 30.19.. porterish?

I'm thinking going full coffee porter would be great.. What is the process of adding the beans? Do I just soak them in vodka first? Is there a specific time I should add the coffee, I'm guessing after primary fermentation slows down would be ok?

 

[TallDan]

Heh, glad to know I'm not the only one that can't tell the difference between lb and oz

I plugged the numbers into brewers friend, got SRM 30.19.. porterish?

I'm thinking going full coffee porter would be great.. What is the process of adding the beans? Do I just soak them in vodka first? Is there a specific time I should add the coffee, I'm guessing after primary fermentation slows down would be ok?

I've done it by making espresso and dropping that in the secondary. If you don't have an espresso machine, a lot of people cold brew coffee and pour that in. Either way, you want to get coffee flavor without much bitterness, so look for a lighter roasted coffee.

 

[aboman]

Good tip.. I don't have espresso machine, I do have French presses and an airpress, only bold coffee's though. I'll have to pick some light roast up..

No problems just adding this into at any time in the fermentation process really? Anything to do to keep it sanitary?

Thanks!

 

[TallDan]

Good tip.. I don't have espresso machine, I do have French presses and an airpress, only bold coffee's though. I'll have to pick some light roast up..

No problems just adding this into at any time in the fermentation process really? Anything to do to keep it sanitary?

Well, with my espresso, i figured that the hot brew cycle sanitized it, so i just used sanitized glassware to hold it while cooling and then poured it in, or maybe i didn't and just got lucky, don't remember. I suppose you should sanitize the french press or airpress and boil the water before you use it for cold brewing, i don't think there is much you can do with the coffee beans, but i don't think they're likely to harbor any bad bugs.

 

[aboman]

Right, after boiling the coffee should be fine too.

I'm doing this tomorrow for sure, 2-3 oz dry weight good amount of a lighter variety then?